UBM plc Appoints Sally Shankland as EVP, Group People & Culture Director

London (ots/PRNewswire) -

UBM plc today announces the appointment of Sally Shankland as
Executive Vice President, Group People & Culture Director, succeeding
Jennifer Duvalier who joins ARM plc.

Sally has been promoted to this role from her current position as
Chief Executive Officer of UBM Connect - UBM's US-based $110m
portfolio b2b marketing services business. Sally will maintain her
involvement with UBM Connect as its non-executive Chairman and the
process to appoint her successor as CEO is now under way. Sally will
continue to be based in New York when she takes up her worldwide
People & Culture role.

Sally joined UBM in 1988 and has held successive executive positions
in marketing, sales and management. Sally led UBM Medica US's
successful transition from a print-based publishing business to its
position as one of the leading digital marketing services businesses
serving the US healthcare market. She was subsequently appointed
Chief Executive Officer of UBM Connect in May 2012.

David Levin, CEO of UBM plc, said:

"I am very pleased to announce Sally's appointment to lead UBM's
People & Culture function, a role which is vitally important to UBM.
Sally will work closely with me, our CFO Bob Gray and with colleagues
on UBM's senior executive team to continue and further develop our
programs to strengthen UBM's positive culture; to attract, develop
and retain the talent which is driving forward UBM's development; to
evolve UBM's organisational structure and operating model to focus on
strong customer and market insight; and, to ensure we are operating
effectively to deliver UBM's strategy as a global events-led
marketing services and communications business."

"Sally's outstanding operational and commercial management track
record at UBM Connect and at UBM Medica US make her ideally qualified
to take on this larger role, having demonstrated her ability to
relate to colleagues and customers alike, and her focus on creating
high performance, inclusive cultures which produce great results. I
am particularly pleased that we've been able to promote someone into
this role who has such deep operational experience and expertise in
UBM and of the wider b2b media industry. Sally's appointment is also
a great demonstration that UBM career paths can span both commercial
and corporate roles."

Notes to Editors

1. About UBM plc

UBM plc is a global events-led marketing services and communications
company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers
and sellers together at events and online, as well as producing and
distributing news and specialist content. Our 5,500 staff in more
than 30 countries are organised into expert teams which serve
commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business
and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com; follow us on Twitter
at @UBM_plc to get the latest UBM corporate news.

2. About UBM Connect

UBM Connect provides live media, marketing services, education and
interactive digital environments across a number of communities, the
largest of which are medical device design, advanced manufacturing
and healthcare. UBM Connect's leading brands include MedTechWorld,
Medical Design & Manufacturing, WestPack, Design News, Plastek,
PharmaPack, QMed, Cancer Network, Physicians Practice and Psychiatric
Times.

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